FabulousFusionFood's Crustacean-based Recipes 4th Page
top: Grilled lobster, crab curry. Bottom: garlic prawns, boiled gooseneck barnacles.
Welcome to FabulousFusionFood's Crustacean-based Recipes Page —Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (/krəˈsteɪʃə/), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can be treated as a subphylum under the clade Mandibulata. It is now well accepted that the hexapods (insects and entognathans) emerged deep in the crustacean group, with the completed pan-group referred to as Pancrustacea. The three classes Cephalocarida, Branchiopoda and Remipedia are more closely related to the hexapods than they are to any of the other crustaceans (oligostracans and multicrustaceans).
Most crustaceans are free-living aquatic animals, but some are terrestrial (e.g. woodlice, sandhoppers), some are parasitic (e.g. Rhizocephala, fish lice, tongue worms) and some are sessile (e.g. barnacles). The group has an extensive fossil record, reaching back to the Cambrian. More than 7.9 million tons of crustaceans per year are harvested by fishery or farming for human consumption, consisting mostly of shrimp and prawns. Krill and copepods are not as widely fished, but may be the animals with the greatest biomass on the planet, and form a vital part of the food chain. The scientific study of crustaceans is known as carcinology (alternatively, malacostracology, crustaceology or crustalogy), and a scientist who works in carcinology is a carcinologist.
top l to r: edible brown crab, lobster. crayfish/crawfish; centre l to r: prawn/shrimp. langoustine;bottom l to r: gooseneck barnacle, krill and West African dried prawns.
The name "crustacean" dates from the earliest works to describe the animals, including those of Pierre Belon and Guillaume Rondelet, but the name was not used by some later authors, including Carl Linnaeus, who included crustaceans among the "Aptera" in his Systema Naturae. The earliest nomenclatural valid work to use the name "Crustacea" was Morten Thrane Brünnich's Zoologiæ Fundamenta in 1772, although he also included chelicerates in the group.
The traditional classification of Crustacea based on morphology recognised four to six classes. Bowman and Abele (1982) recognised 652 extant families and 38 orders, organised into six classes: Branchiopoda, Remipedia, Cephalocarida, Maxillopoda, Ostracoda, and Malacostraca. Martin and Davis (2001) updated this classification, retaining the six classes but including 849 extant families in 42 orders. Despite outlining the evidence that Maxillopoda was non-monophyletic, they retained it as one of the six classes, although did suggest that Maxillipoda could be replaced by elevating its subclasses to classes. Since then phylogenetic studies have confirmed the polyphyly of Maxillopoda and the paraphyletic nature of Crustacea with respect to Hexapoda. Recent classifications recognise ten to twelve classes in Crustacea or Pancrustacea, with several former maxillopod subclasses now recognised as classes (e.g. Thecostraca, Tantulocarida, Mystacocarida, Copepoda, Branchiura and Pentastomida).
Many crustaceans are consumed by humans, and nearly 10,700,000 tons were harvested in 2007; the vast majority of this output is of decapod crustaceans: crabs, lobsters, shrimp, crayfish, langoustine and prawns. Over 60% by weight of all crustaceans caught for consumption are shrimp and prawns, and nearly 80% is produced in Asia, with China alone producing nearly half the world's total. Non-decapod crustaceans are not widely consumed, with only 118,000 tons of krill being caught, despite krill having one of the greatest biomasses on the planet. Krill are, however, a speciality in China and Japan and are used pickled in Korea. They are also consumed in Artic regions and are being introduced to new consumers as fusion recipes using frozen and tinned krill. Gooseneck barnacles (Pollicipes pollicipes) are a speciality of Spanish cuisine (recipes including krill and gooseneck barnacles can be found in the links below). The Pacific goose barnacle, Pollicipes elegans is also consumed, particularly in Alaska. The Japanese goose barnacle, Capitulum mitella is eaten in Japan. The Chilean giant barnacle or picoroco (Austromegabalanus psittacus) is routinely fished for food. Woodlice are sometimes consumed by foragers. Dried prawns (locally known as crawfish) are used as a flavouring and thickener in West African stews.
The alphabetical list of all the Crustacean-based recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 712 recipes in total:
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| Grilled Langoustine with Herb Butter Origin: Scotland | Kansiyé avec 'Mafe' (Smoked Chicken in Peanut Sauce with Mashed Plantains) Origin: Guinea | Kyet tha Kar la Thar Hin (Chicken and Squash Curry) Origin: Myanmar |
| Grilled Spiny Lobster with Mango Salsa Origin: Turks Caicos | Kare Kare Origin: Philippines | La Salsa de Cacahuete (Peanut Sauce) Origin: Equatorial Guinea |
| Guisado de Caranguejo (Crab Stew) Origin: Mozambique | Kari Ikan (Fish Curry) Origin: Malaysia | Laksa Origin: Malaysia |
| Guyanese Crab Callaloo Origin: Guyana | Kari Ikan (Malaysian Fish Curry) Origin: Malaysia | Laksa Paste Origin: Singapore |
| Haiken (Chicken and Prawn Egg Rolls) Origin: Mauritius | Kari Koko (Seychellois King Prawn and Coconut Curry) Origin: Seychelles | Laksa Paste Origin: Malaysia |
| Hami (Fermented Coconut Sauce) Origin: Tonga | Karko Stobá (Queen Conch Stew) Origin: Aruba | Laksa Paste II Origin: Malaysia |
| Herb and Garlic Prawns Origin: Britain | Karko Stobá (Queen Conch Stew) Origin: Bonaire | Langouste à la Vanille (Lobster with Vanilla Sauce) Origin: Comoros |
| Honey-glazed Prawns Origin: Roman | Karko Stobá (Queen Conch Stew) Origin: Curacao | Langouste à la Vanille (Lobsters with Vanilla Sauce) Origin: Comoros |
| Hong Kong Curry Fish Balls Origin: Hong Kong | Karrísúpa (Icelandic Curry Soup) Origin: Iceland | Langoustes grillées au beurre vanillé (Grilled Lobsters with Vanilla Butter) Origin: New Caledonia |
| Iced Cucumber, Prawn and Yoghurt Soup Origin: Britain | Katakou au Poisson Frais (Palm Soup Base with Fresh Fish) Origin: Cote dIvoire | Langoustes grillées sauce antillaise (Grilled Spiny Lobster with Antillean Sauce) Origin: Sint Maarten |
| Ikan Assam Pedas (Hot-and-sour Fish Stew) Origin: Malaysia | Ke'lagu'en Uhang (Prawns and Peppers) Origin: Guam | Langoustes grillées sauce antillaise (Grilled Spiny Lobster with Antillean Sauce) Origin: Saint Barthelemy |
| Ila Alasepo (Okra and Spinach Soup) Origin: Nigeria | Ke'lagu'en Uhang (Prawns and Peppers) Origin: Northern Mariana Islands | Langoustes grillées sauce antillaise (Grilled Spiny Lobster with Antillean Sauce) Origin: Saint-Martin |
| In Locusta Elixa (Sauce for Boiled Lobster) Origin: Roman | Kedjenou Origin: Cote dIvoire | Langoustines bretonnes sautées au beurre salé (Breton langoustines sautéed in salted butter) Origin: France |
| Inarizushi (Inari Sushi) Origin: Japan | Kejenou avec Agouti (Kejenou with Cane Rat) Origin: Cote dIvoire | Lao Tam Som (Lao Green Papaya Salad) Origin: Laos |
| Indonesian Peanut Sauce Origin: Indonesia | Kekefia (Plantain Pottage) Origin: Nigeria | Laska Origin: Malaysia |
| Isicia de Cauda Eius sic Facies (Make Lobster Tail Forcemeat Balls Thus) Origin: Roman | Kelenkelen (Fish with Cassava Leaves) Origin: Cameroon | Le cassoulet de la mer à la bretonne (Breton seaside cassoulet) Origin: France |
| Isicia de scillis (Prawn Rissole) Origin: Roman | Khayan thee Hnat (Burmese Stuffed Aubergine Curry) Origin: Myanmar | Le Chao Men (New Caledonian Chaw Mein) Origin: New Caledonia |
| Isicia Marina (Seafood Patties) Origin: Roman | Khichiri Prawn Sauce Origin: India | Le Ndolé Camerounais (Cameroonian Ndolé) Origin: Cameroon |
| Isso Vade Origin: Sri Lanka | King Prawn Dopiaza Curry Origin: Britain | Lemon Chilli Chicken Origin: Cocos Islands |
| Iwuk Efere Origin: Nigeria | King Prawn Pathia Origin: Britain | Lemongrass Curry Origin: Cambodia |
| Jamaican Jerk Shirmp Origin: Jamaica | Kingklip and Prawn Biryani Origin: South Africa | Liberian Prawn Bisque Origin: Liberia |
| Jamaican Prawn Curry Origin: Jamaica | Kiribati Coconut Crab Curry Origin: Kiribati | Liberian Red Oil Okra Soup Origin: Liberia |
| Jamaican Rum Prawns Origin: Jamaica | Kontomire Stew (Cocoyam Leaf Stew) Origin: Ghana | Liberian Spaghetti Origin: Liberia |
| Jamaican Seafood Soup Origin: Jamaica | Korean Fish Cakes Origin: Korea | Liberian-style Fried Cabbage Origin: Liberia |
| Jambo (Okra Soup) Origin: Bonaire | Korean-inspired Pollock Stew with Gochujang and Wild Greens Origin: Korea | Lime-cured New Caledonian Blue Prawn Salad Origin: New Caledonia |
| Jambo (Okra Soup) Origin: Curacao | Kouti (Cassava Croquettes) Origin: Guinea | Lobster and Clotted Cream Tart Origin: Britain |
| Javaanse Bami Origin: Suriname | Kpala (Jute Leaf Sauce) Origin: Cote dIvoire | Lobster Croquets Origin: Britain |
| Javanese Sambal Bajak (Javanese Hot Sauce) Origin: Indonesia | Kräftskiva (Swedish Crayfish Boil) Origin: Sweden | Lobster Curry Origin: Britain |
| Jungle Curry Prawns Origin: Thailand | Krain Krain (Jute Leaf Stew) Origin: Sierra Leone | Lobster Sauce Origin: Britain |
| Kabura Mushi (Steamed Prawns, Mushrooms, Chicken and Ginkgo Nuts) Origin: Japan | Kreooli krabi-kotletid (Dominican Creole Crab Cakes) Origin: Dominica | Lobster Sauce for Fish Origin: Britain |
| Kaeng Khiao Wan (Thai Green Curry) Origin: Thailand | Kriibsen (Crayfish, Luxembourg Style) Origin: Luxembourg | Lobster with Lemon Origin: Senegal |
| Kaeng Phet Pet Yang (Thai Red Roast Duck Curry) Origin: Thailand | Krill Sweet Potato Cakes Origin: Fusion | Locusta Elixa cum Cuminato (Boiled Lobster with Cumin Sauce) Origin: Roman |
| Kajaik (Sudanese fish stew) Origin: South Sudan | Krokèchi (Prawn Croquettes) Origin: Aruba | |
| Kakrar Jhal (Bengali Crab Curry) Origin: India | Kwacoco with Banga Soup Origin: Cameroon |
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